I’ve snapped one mech in the last 8 years!
kind of glad it is just me then, means there’s hope!
Something’s set up wrong there or you’re going far too long before changing bikes
last year (2 mechs in 8 races) was our first year racing and we fell into it so I only had 1 bike. This year (1 mech on the 4th race of the season?) I thought I only needed the 1 bike 🙄 , now I’m using 2 and going with pre-planned changes!
Short-cage non-clutch Rival, so the same mech it was initially specced with when it was 2x and I think chain length is good by road standards (big/big +2 rule plus another one for mechanical sympathy, I’m the sort of person that can’t ride behind someone cross-chaining as it makes me ill). Might be that a longer cage (either clutched or not) gives more room for the mud/grass to pass through before it reaches critical clog?